With our ageing population and workforce – and increasing mobility through employment – distance caring is a huge and growing issue that affects millions of families. However, it remains an issue which is largely hidden in the workplace.

This short and simple Employers’ Toolkit has been produced by EfC to help you:

• Recognise the contribution made by distance carers in your workplace and the challenges they face.
• Reach out to hidden distance carers in your workforce who might not recognise that they are caring.
• Let all carers, including distance carers, know about the support and services that they can access.

The Toolkit includes:

• Ten top tips on what employers can do.
• Case study examples of employer support for carers which are accessible and beneficial to distance carers. EfC is seeking other examples of support for distance carers so if you have any from your workplace – or from elswhere – please let us know and we will add them to this Toolkit.
• Information about next steps on our work to help you to identify and support the distance carers in your workforce.

The Toolkit can be downloaded here.